SOLUTION: if you have nickels, dimes and quarters, in how amny ways can you make up 50 cents?

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Question 556816: if you have nickels, dimes and quarters, in how amny ways can you make up 50 cents?
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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q=quarters d=dimes n=nickels
this is a misleading question as it implys that their are more than 1 coin of each to make 50 cents and you cant have 2q and d or n to get 50 when 2q=50
so the only 2 possibilities with atleast 1 coin of each are:
1q+1d+3n=50
1q+2d+1n=50
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if it can be any coin combo then the other possibilities are:
2q
5d
10n
1q+5n
1d+8n
2d+6n
3d+4n
4d+2n
thats 6 more possibilities which makes a total of 10 possibilities but it depends on what the question wants.
goodluck